Decision

The following recommendations of the former Standards and Audit Committee were agreed:

(i)      the clause on Responsibility for Standards and Audit Committee (Appendix 1 to the report) under Section 1 of Part 3, and Article 10 – Standards and Audit Committee (Appendix 2 to the report) under Section 1 of Part 2, in the Council’s Constitution be amended as set out within the report;

(ii)     the authority delegated to the Monitoring Officer to make minor amendments to the Constitution be noted, including amendments to references within the document and section numbering;

(iii)    Monitoring Officer be instructed to make the agreed changes to the Constitution; and

(iv)    the Local Government Association be lobbied to provide an off the shelf version of a local authority Constitution that could be adapted by individual councils.